by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
Finland Love Song Matches base text
Language: English
I saw the moon rise clear O'er hills and vales of snow, Nor told my fleet reindeer The track I wish'd to go. Yet quick he bounded forth, For well my reindeer knew, I've but one path, one path on earth, The path that leads to you! The gloom that winter cast How soon the heart forgets When summer brings, at last, Her sun that never sets! So dawn'd my love for you, So dawn'd my love for you, So fix'd through joy and pain, Than summer sun more true, 'Twill never set again.
Composition:
- Set to music by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Finland Love Song", op. 70 no. 2, published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from A Wreath of Songs, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "I saw the moon rise clear", from The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq., Vol. IV, first published 1819
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Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2004-02-10
Line count: 17
Word count: 94